Holy crap.. what's that giant fireball thing in the sky??!! Oh wait. It's .. it's the SUN. Oh yeah! Where'd that come from?
3.13.2003
Dave.
Dave Letterman has the shingles. So, he has had a few guest hosts over the last few weeks. The first week was really rough. Bruce Willis. John McEnroe. These people should never try to read a monologue. This week has been much better: Whoopi Goldberg - a pro. Vince Vaughn - a great actor.. and a guy who should have his own talk show. Elvis Costello - guest host/musical guest. You wouldn't think he could pull it off. But, he was actually quite funny. And, tonight - it's Will Farrell. Can't wait to see that one.
Hopefully, Dave will be all better next week.
Amber.
Since Elizabeth Smart was found the other day, there has been a lot of talk about a National Amber Alert program. This is the system that allows law enforcement to communicate with the media to quickly notify people about children who have been abducted. I think it's a great idea. We already have one in Washington. But, a national program will be even better. Please write your Representatives and tell them what you think! You can also write to Dubya: president@whitehouse.gov
www.moabthebomb.com
Dubya and his buddies at the Pentagon have a new bomb they've named "Moab." Not a very good new image for that city, is it?
3.12.2003
I posted a new painting on my site today. It's a commission for my friend Quincy. She wanted a painting of her 2 dogs: Chloe, the Weimeraner. And Lulu the something or other. Q couldn't wait to see how it turned out, so I sent her a digital picture in advance. I'll be putting the painting in the mail to her this weekend.
People seem to like my Pop Dogs. I'm doing one with cats as a housewarming present for someone. They have 3 cats; And, I have 4 spots for their portraits. So, I'll either do one twice, or make them all look somewhat alike. (They're all your basic black cats.)
I bought some girl scout cookies the other day. Thin Mints. My favorite kind. I also like those peanut butter ones; and the chocolate / coconut thingamajigs. Whatever they're called. I'm not a big coconut fan. But, damn those are good! The 'serving size' printed on the side of the box says "4 cookies." Four? I could eat half the box in one sitting.
It has been cold and rainy here the last few days. And, it's going to do the same all week. That, coupled with my cold, helps me save money on coffee trips. I haven't been to Tully's in a week or so. I just don't feel up to doing anything at all. I've been sleeping on the couch and popping Advil all day.
3.11.2003
fucking cold.
I have a fucking cold. And, i am fucking cold. my house is fucking cold. even with the fireplace on. fuck.
cutbacks.
i've trimmed my budget in every way i can stand to do so. now, it's time for the stuff that hurts. that's right. i need to cancel my cable. i hate to give it up. so much good brain mush on mtv. some excellent stuff on Bravo. but, when i get back on top again, i can get my cable back. it's either- give up the cable - or keep going along without health insurance. and that just fucking scares me.
i also should move my website. hosting costs me $20/month. But, i've seen places that charge less. earthlink is too expensive.
i feel so unmotivated when i have a cold. I'm getting some painting done. things are fine there. But, i feel like sitting on the couch; or sleeping all day. i don't feel like doing any work work. i have some web sites to work on. but, .. not being able to breathe, and having a splitting headache make that very difficult.
there are an assload of meetups this week. The graphic design one was last night. 8 people said they'd come. 2 of us showed up. The directions to the place were bad; there was no address on the building; and the name of the place was wrong.
tonight was the bookcrossing meetup. But, i skipped it. it's way over in West seattle, and i haven't read anything in a while. so, i had nothing to talk about. tomorrow is the vegetarian meetup and the photography meetup. (held at the same place, 1 hour apart. very convenient.) but, i don't know if i'll make it to those. thursday is the Pub Mixer. i'd really like to go to that. (it's at Fado irish pub this month, in honor of St. Pat's day, coming soon.)
I have a volunteer project on Saturday. if i'm feeling worse than today, I'll probably skip it. we'll be sorting food donations in a cold-ass warehouse for Northwest Harvest.
I bought some more wine for my May art show tonight. $3 bucks a bottle for this red wine from Argentina! I actually drank some a few nights ago. and it was good. I was worried it would taste like hell.. but, i think it checked out fine.
I'm living below the poverty line. with unemployment money alone, I make like 22,000 / yr. holy shit. how do people do this? I can't wait till i'm making decent money again. it will be so nice to afford luxeries like beer again. or go to movies.
must get a kleenex....
3.10.2003
Knight won't accept $250K salary from Texas Tech
Hey, Bobby - Instead of refuising your salary, how about throwing some cash to a charity? Maybe you could fund an anger management program or 2.
pet peeve.
typos irk me. I'm not talkin' about the occasional misspelt wordd on a little personal page. so what if there's an errorr in a blog, or on the cat appreciation society page. I'm talking about the big professional sites. Case in point: megamillions.com - Their page says "Now you to can have all the..." - It's an honest mistake. to, too, two. A spell check doesn't catch stuff like this. But, a big company like this should have proofreaders right? And surely I'm not the only person to notice it. It's been spelled that way for at least 6 months.. possibly longer. So, wtf?
fuk. I think I'm getting a cold. I've got a scratchy throat. And, I'm getting snotteous. Maybe it's just allergies? Wait, I don't have allergies. Well, maybe it's not a cold. Let's hope it's not.
3.9.2003
The 2nd night of the art show went fairly well. I didn't sell anything. And, the crowd was lighter on Friday than it was on Thursday. But, I still had a pretty good time. A bunch of friends came out to hang out with me. After an hour or so, we left and went for drinks at a place across the street.
The next art show is in April. Then, the Ballard Art Walk in May!
